Ever wondered what’s the deal with breathing? It has a great amount of attention. It surely has something to it, but what? Why always breathing exercises for calming, breathing inputs for hypnosis, why people tell you to focus on breathing in guided meditations, relaxing etc? Gave it some thought? Well, I believe that better than doing something you’re told to do is understanding it. So let’s share some info here I teach my students. We can do actions from our consciousness, and some just happen through subconsciousness. Some things are deeply buried in one side they’re stuck, for example, spinal reflexes. It’s also hard to consciously decide not to feel some phobia or pain, these are things in our subconscious mind. But to really relax on a deeper level, even slowing down our heart or muscle tension, we need to tap into those inner parts. There, our sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system (SNS and PNS) make things happen. They maintain balance between things, our homeodynamics homeostasis. This is where breathing comes in, breathing is somewhere in between those realms(consciousness and subconsciousness). We breathe without knowing, but we can also control it. Make it slow. Fast. Stop. So it’s very connected with our subconsciousness and Autonomic NS and this is the key. If we know inhaling is connected with our SNS, and exhaling with our PNS, and that PNS is responsible for resting and relaxing, to simplify a bit, by giving extra time to PNS with longer exhales we trigger all those "resting" PNS processes subconsciously. Of course, there is so much more to this, and many other ways to trigger things, but let’s share the basics here. Who is curious can always get some coaching or get a course:) .
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Ever wondered what’s the deal with breathing? It has a great amount of attention. It surely has something to it, but what? Why always breathing exercises for calming, breathing inputs for hypnosis, why people tell you to focus on breathing in guided meditations, relaxing etc? Gave it some thought? Well, I believe that better than doing something you’re told to do is understanding it. So let’s share some info here I teach my students. We can do actions from our consciousness, and some just happen through subconsciousness. Some things are deeply buried in one side they’re stuck, for example, spinal reflexes. It’s also hard to consciously decide not to feel some phobia or pain, these are things in our subconscious mind. But to really relax on a deeper level, even slowing down our heart or muscle tension, we need to tap into those inner parts. There, our sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system (SNS and PNS) make things happen. They maintain balance between things, our homeodynamics homeostasis. This is where breathing comes in, breathing is somewhere in between those realms(consciousness and subconsciousness). We breathe without knowing, but we can also control it. Make it slow. Fast. Stop. So it’s very connected with our subconsciousness and Autonomic NS and this is the key. If we know inhaling is connected with our SNS, and exhaling with our PNS, and that PNS is responsible for resting and relaxing, to simplify a bit, by giving extra time to PNS with longer exhales we trigger all those "resting" PNS processes subconsciously. Of course, there is so much more to this, and many other ways to trigger things, but let’s share the basics here. Who is curious can always get some coaching or get a course:) .
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Sometimes it's tricky to describe the experience that came before and after a photo. But I'm grateful for having experienced dives with sharks frequently, sometimes many in one dive. I'm grateful to have the guidance of people with far more experience than myself. I'm grateful for the incredible encounters I've had conflict free with these amazing ocean Apex predators. I'm grateful for the respect I am overcome with whenever in the presence of them. I'm grateful to see them alive and in the ocean. And I'm grateful for the massive community of people working to help protect the future of sharks whether it's working to build safe alternative incomes to shark fishermen through tourism like @sharkgirlmadison 's #projecthiu works to achieve, or @diegocardenosa and his work with law enforcement and many others behind the scenes of the shark fin trade on the front lines of Hong Kong, just to name a few. And to those individuals that take the time to make their voice heard in your own local communities to push for legislature to ban the import and export of shark meat and the shark fin trade. Every bit helps. It takes an army. This one's for all of you.

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Freediving is about silence, silence that comes from within. Not my words, I believe Mr. Mayol said so. But I couldn't agree more. I get a lot of questions concerning mental preparation, focus, meditation, yoga, etc... Yes, mental focus and being able to relax is a big part of freediving. Probably more than other sports, the mental side is the deciding factor. But, also in other sports I've been a part of as an athlete or a coach, when you get to a high level, it comes down to how you handle things in yourself, more then how physically ready you are. When at top level, all athletes are fit and ready. There are no shortcuts to learning how to mentally prepare. And its not straightforward like - do some yoga or use meditation. Getting into yoga classes doesn't really do anything much for your diving but makes you better at yoga. What is meditation? 10 people will give you 10 different explanations. Its a foggy term. On my courses I teach people techniques from sport psychology, therapeutic procedures, autogenic training, deep relaxation, guided "meditation", sensoring games, visualization, trigger training, flow training, focusing techniques, etc and a lot of personal experience mixed together. This way I give people the opportunity to figure out their own pattern that works. Even after figuring what works, you need to train this like any other skill, perfect it, change it, make it better. What I wanted to say is, we are all unique, and there is no magic, you need to test, make errors, try again and become skilled. Same with other sports. The coach gives you tools, and you need to work them then. And there is no single tool to do it all, as there is no perfect tool. .
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A benthic survey diver floats virtually upside down to avoid knocking or disturbing the reef as she takes note of every coral and bottom-dwelling critter she finds along the transect line. It's been a minute, and I've been on land for a while, but until I'm back at it, my heart and mind will always be right here below the surface. ✨✌️ at Andavadoaka, Toliara, Madagascar

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Naginyasana — The Mermaid Pose.
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The mermaid is a symbol of beauty, love, #mystery and transformation, as well as an archetype of the femme fatale who brings destruction to the men she seduces.
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However, it seems that for some reason mermaids have been demonized. In fact, many ancient legends depict mermaids as beings from the lost land of Atlantis. They were the only ones who survived after Atlantis sank into the ocean.
According to these legends, mermaids were peaceful creatures, like dolphins, and of a much higher vibration than humans. Living in the sea of intuitive energies and being surrounded by higher consciousness, they were attuned to their #authenticity and greatness.
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Contemplation upon the symbol of a mermaid can guide you towards rediscovering your true nature, while recognizing your oceanic greatness and embracing inner contradictions, whatever they might be. at Bali, Indonesia

Merry Xmas to all you celebrating out there! Hope you don't mind a bit of blue cutting through the red/white theme of the day. I'm still owing you the 50k milestone selection of 6 most engaging shots! So here goes the one with most likes overall! Let's see it's still your favorite!
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The details on the pic are: Sony A6300 + 10-18mm f4, E(1/100, f10, ISO 250). I like cranking up the f number to get some quicksilver and some stripes out from the blue. Set the speed just barely enough to freeze the scene and then just see how much ISO I can get away with. .
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With the new year approaching I'm about to get a bit more serious with training, so far I'm still in rest phase. These last days are a bit dull, heavy and sick so I'm more focused on work and research. I will get into more detail on what we gather from the research, once we test more subjects, and get some more meaningful results. At this point we moved from lungs for a moment, where it is now clear that squeezes I experienced couple months back did no permanent damage in my case. So that's great, but still a lot to learn in that field. Also we made cool videos with micro cams demonstrating how I can separately control my vocal cords, ventricular folds and arytenoids to seal off my trachea, and even further seal it with the base of the tongue. This could be useful for teaching new students, as well as understanding better some injuries in freediving. Looking fwd to having new tests with different equalization techniques and depth simulations. And to bring some news to you after I put some nice shots and videos together! .
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Guys! I know I'm out of the game for a while. Sorry. A random course of events and issues needed attention, and when I'm posting, I want to have time to give out something valuable. I appreciate your feedback, all the DM's and interest, this is what got me to 50k:)) As a milestone thing I decided to re-post 6 photos that got most engagements, so I guess you liked them. It isn't easy to decide, because some shots have more comments, some are earlier, you liked some for the caption, its quite a few factors to consider. But, I'll try to get 6 that stand out no matter what, and I hope you'll like them and approve my choice! Other than that, I hope my IG team (I consider us a team:) will continue to grow and I'll bring some new and interesting material. Plans are to give you some insight to how my dry preparation goes - training and finding sponsors for next years competitions. Also to reflect on the season behind and many tips and facts on freediving, which I see you like:) I have stocked up with some great photos and videos to show! We also started a research on freediving, I'll guide you through that, you'll get exclusive material and some 1st hand shots in stories! We'll have gear reviews, sport supplementation advice, photo editing tips, new material...It's going to be an exciting winter so stay tuned! .
The 50k milestone no.1: Sony A6300 | Sigma 19 2.8 | E(f/11, 1/100, 250)
I enjoy making the UW mysterious and different, so I'll squeeze the f stop to get sharpness and to wrap everything in dark, even though it's a bright sunny day. You want to balance out speed and ISO to get the sharp-quality ratio. Check the original post for more detail lower in the feed, and a very similar photo even more down!
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Between Kas Baska and the WC there is a day off used for training. I did 2 dives and got a good feeling, so I wanted to kick back a bit. Good to relax, do recovery, make pics for sponsors:) and help other team members. In the end the relax days ended up turbulent. There were issues with safety which raised doubt earlier and on the first competition day early in the list there was a deep black out. This highlighted many flaws in the safety system. The diver was OK but the safety teams and the emergency system, usually the counterweight, turned out not to be on the WC level. The diver blacked out around 30 m going up and went down back to 60+ before the system got him and brought him back. The medical team was also poorly prepared and had no training. Lucky for us, the body has its own protecting mechanisms , so the diver is ok, but flaws in the system are not acceptable in freediving, where mistakes are expensive. This made the main judge, stop and postpone the competition. Another rest day, but also, made all the competitors nervous, because its hard to fix major issues overnight. The freediving is usually super safe, because you always dive to a depth you know you can achieve, and in the case you fail this happens in the last meters. Then there is a safety team usually made of 3-4 experienced safety divers that wait for you at lets say 30-20-10 meters and help out in any case of trouble. The safety team deals with 99% of all incidents and all goes well. In rare cases of deep BO's there is a last resort system, that brings the whole line up with the diver on it. Its crucial for the piece of mind of divers that they have trust in this reliable system. So we could say the competition started on the wrong foot... .
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Many people ask me if I see any fish down there... Well this is how it looks in training or competition. I will mostly have my eyes closed if all is good. I'll open them on the ascending phase of the dive. With no googles or mask, I cant see clear anyway, so my only focus is what happens inside my body and the rope in front of me to make sure I'm on the right line and my speed is good. Specially when I start the freefall and my mouthfill is packed and locked, my vision and focus becomes so tunneled I usually don't even remember that part of the dive. I'm somewhere else, enjoying myself. There is a saying that SCUBA divers go down to look around, while freedivers go down to look inside, and this is very true. Well, anyway, after the first dive, you would think either the organizers or me would learn a lesson, but nothing happened in that direction. Next day dive I decided to choose a super easy depth and just completely enjoy the dive. I realized I'll be late for the dive again, my transfer boat was late again and I refuse to wake up before the last minute to take the earlier boat... Since now I expected this in a way, I was a bit more relaxed, and skipped warm up. The judges even offered me 2 minutes extra to prepare, I guess they felt bad for me rushing on my line right from the boat. I went for a very shallow dive of 65m with fins, just to make sure my lungs are ok, because on the earlier dive I had a squeeze problem again because of all the rush around and not being able to relax fully. So this was my test for lungs, relaxation and making sure my equalization is flawless. All went ok and I was mentally already in the World championship. .
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🐋 Tag your friend & share to your stories 😉
"What you are supposed to do, to meet a mermaid...
You go down, where the water isn't blue anymore, where the sky is only a memory, and you float there, in the silence. And you stay there. You decide that you'll die for her. Only then she starts coming out. She comes and greets you... to judge the love you have for her. If it's sincere, if it's pure, she'll be with yo.u.. and take you away forever..."
Or something like that... This was on my desktop on my first computer. Impressed by Big Blue, imagining how cool it would be to actually be a freediver. And that's me, after a lot of years. Freediver by accident. Or fate. Depending on what's your thing in life.
Hey guys thanks so much for all the great music you recommended! I'm not even half way through it... Many of you will inspire me with your recommendations there... not even knowing it. In case you're wondering about my new story - it's my influencer campaign for Croatian market where we look out for community role models, there is still time to apply your heroes until 1.9.
I'm back soon with some cool shots from the blue!
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